How to test perl scripts offline

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Question:

How can I test my perl script offline, meaning without uploading them to the web server?

Answer:

You may be able to run some simple scripts right from the DOS command line. This will work fine as long as the scripts are not supposed to generate HTML (output would look funny) or process CGI data (there won't be any if you simply invoke the script from the DOS prompt (or whatever operating system you use).

If your perl script produces a web page and/ or processes CGI data, then you'll have to install a web server e.g. Apache (www.apache.org). You'll have to copy your script to Apache's CGI-BIN directory (see file httpd.conf to find out where that is) and if under Linux or other Unix, set the executable flag with chmod. Under Linux and Apache 2, the CGI-BIN directory usually is /var/www/cgi-bin/.

If your perl script also relies on a database or other environment on the production web site, then you'll better duplicate all of that. Don't mix development with production.

A can feel your pain Apache, the Definitive Guide is not worth bying if you look at implementing acaphe2 modules and don't know how it works with 1.3. The author has failed to explain the big picture and just copy'and pasted some random code samples from existing modules. 3rd Edition, yeah!!

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